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Guam   /gwɑm/   Listen
Guam

noun
1.
The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898.  Synonym: GU.






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"Guam" Quotes from Famous Books



... in his ranks, he was easily defeated by a mere handful of soldiers from the little fort, and when last heard of by our ship was lying in the American hospital at Dumaguete awaiting transportation to Guam. His former army was mucho amigo to the Americans, and once again the pretty drives around Dumaguete were quite safe, and once again the native, when passing an American, touched his hat and smilingly said good day in Visayan, a greeting which sounds ...
— A Woman's Journey through the Philippines - On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route • Florence Kimball Russel

... I replied. "We'll not sight the beach this side of the Orient, unless the Old Man makes a landfall of Guam. We are running along sixteen north, and that takes us south of the Sandwich group, and north of the ...
— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer

... Strip Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso Islands description under Iles Eparses Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... Strip Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government



Words linked to "Guam" :   Marianas, Mariana Islands, Ladrone Islands, island



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